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Well here it is, my first DR. Heym PH 450/400 with splinter forend, 26" barrels, and Swarovski Z6i 1-6EE scope. I ordered my rifle last March from Chris at Heym USA. I received it in November and have been waiting for the weather to turn warm so I can try it out. Chris did an excellent job and I highly recommend his services. | ||
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Congratulations on your new rifle. I also have a Heym PH 450/400 that I bought from Chris and absolutely love it. Please let us know the results of your first visits to the range with it. NRA Life Member SCI Life Member DRSS | |||
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Well done, sir. Very nice rifle. Chris is first rate to deal with and reps a very fine brand of gun in the Heym. Let us know when she goes for her maiden "voyage". Gary DRSS NRA Lifer SCI DSC | |||
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Nice looking DR. Congrats. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Congrats - how about some closeup pics of the wood! Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Very nice double. Excellent choice in scope as well. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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It real purdy there. | |||
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Very nice. Congrats. When you get shooting, please pass on your thought on the scope too. Thanks, JPK Free 500grains | |||
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Welcome here Heym450/400. Congratulations on your new baby. Now, where is your signature line with the DRSS attached? Come on in the water is fine! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Thanks everyone I'll try to post some close ups latter. Mac how do I join. | |||
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Very nice - thanks for the added pics! Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Isn't that a beavertail forend? I don't think I've seen a pic of the heym splinter but that looks like a beavertail to me. Nice rifle! | |||
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I don't know, now you have me wondering. Any input from our experienced members? Photos anyone? | |||
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The standard Heym fore end is what I would call semi-beavertail. They will fit a true splinter fore end to the double if you order it that way. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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So wich one do I have? | |||
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Heym450/400 the fore end you have is the Heym splinter, Not a true splinter in the Britt style, but not a beaver tail either! You's looks nice! Just click on your screen name at the top left of you post here. That will take you to your personal space. in the upper right hand corner of that page you will see "VIEW/EDIT" click on that, and it will let you type in a signature line. then at the bottom of that page it will have a place to install the info you have typed in. The sig line will not apear till you cloe the browser and log back on! Simply type in DRSS and you are a member That is all there is to it. DRSS also has a new website that is tied to our home on Accurate Reloading! The link to our website in in my sig line below! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Thanks Mac | |||
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Looks to me like you have the "standard" Heym fore end. The one that "I" call semi-beavertail. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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That looks like the semi beavertail fore end.Chris has a splinter fore end on his personal rifle and it doesn't have as much wood. DRSS | |||
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That's a very nice rifle. Splinter or beavertail fore end? I wouldn't care if I had something that nice in my gun cabinet. Best Regards, Sid All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. Alexis de Tocqueville The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Alexis de Tocqueville | |||
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Nice rifle! Why did you choose the EE -version of the Z6i? Proud DRSS member | |||
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That looks like the standard Heym semi-beavertail. Nice rifle. You'll like it. ------------------------------------------ "Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder." | |||
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Congratulations! Very classy with the Claw Mounts! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Nitehawk I think the EE means extended eye relief. It was Cris' recomendation so I went with it. The first thing I noticed was that to look thru the scope my cheek doesn't make proper contact with the stock. So the extended eye relief should help me not to get smacked every time I pull the trigger. | |||
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I asked because the scope doesn't seem to be mounted more foreward than normal. Proud DRSS member | |||
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To all Heym PH owners: I read in an German rifle magazine article that the triggers are unsually heavy. Could you confirm that or was that the exception from the rule? Many thanks! | |||
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Great Choice! I'd have gone with Heym if I had NOT choosen to go with vintage Brit. Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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Beautiful rifle! Have you weighed it? "shoot quick but take your time" | |||
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very nice!! congrats!! DRSS | |||
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I've encountered that with most European built doubles, but haven't noticed it with the Heym. ------------------------------- "Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder." | |||
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great stuff welcome to the club let me know if are going too handload this DR Cheers lapua | |||
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Great rifle but you gotta get rid of that scope. On a 9,3X74 it makes sense but not on a 450/400. Save the scope for your .404 Jeffery. Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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Dave, I must disagree. I scoped my 450/400 before my last tri to Zimbabwe. This makes a 400 double equal to any 400 bolt rifle. There are just some shots that are better taken with a scope. You cannot alwyas have you plainsgame rifle in you hands, by slipping on a scope on your 400 double, you can make the shot. Also, I cannot think of a better lion gun than a scoped double. With claw mounts you can take it off and on as the situation changes. Allows you to use and hit with your double in low light. It works pretty good for pigs in Texas as well. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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N E 450 No2: You make some good points but putting a scope on a double like this really nice looking Heym destroys the aesthetics and balance of the rifle. It's akin to putting a socpe on your favorite 30-30 or painting your Harley pink . Pair this beautiful double with a really nice .404 Jeffery and save the scope for the Jeffery. This is the gun that you "take over" when the game is close or things need to "get sorted out" so to speak. Dave Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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Dave I do not think the balance of a double rifle is destroyed any more by a scope than a bolt rifle is. The scope on a double, mounted low, still has the weight between the hands. Also I do not take a bolt rifle to Africa. My wife did on our last trip and I shot a few animals with it, but I carry a double all the time. A scoped 450/400 double is surpeior in every way to a scoped Bolt in 404 IMHO. Not everyone has to agree, but for me a scoped 450/400 is one of the best hunting rifles on the Planet. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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OH, and I have a scope on my O/U 30-30 Double. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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I admit a 450/400 is indeed a fine rifle, not as good as a .500/.416 but a fine rifle indeed. Dave DRSS Chapuis 9.3X74 Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL Krieghoff 500/.416 NE Krieghoff 500 NE "Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer" "If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition). | |||
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Dave I chose to scope this double, mostly for the future. I'm only 32 so for right now I probably won't use the scope much, but as I get older I might find myself needing it more | |||
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Have you had a chance to take your beauty to the range yet??? We're waiting on results!!! NRA Life Member SCI Life Member DRSS | |||
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Great combo, scope-double, caliber not bad for your first double. If it's not going to be your only double you'll be going up or down in calibers or both. Congrats! "An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument" | |||
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